I stumbled across this recently while going down a different rabbit hole and it stunned me. I missed this previously. It leaves me wondering why I am circumcised. I am a bit bitter still and always about having the tip of my penis chopped off in the name of tradition, Now I see this and wonder what justification my parents could have had in reality? Was it all just peer pressure? They were southern baptists, supposedly believing in NT over OT in any conflict. This is deep in the NT:
Galatians 5:2-6
2 Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 Once again I testify to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the entire law. 4 You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.
I am an Atheist, Ex-Christian, Ex-Southern Baptist Apostate in my 40s. I talked to my mother about it, when I had a son. She said she just didn’t want me to stand out and circumcising was just what everyone else was doing. It drove home the point that my mother has never really thought for herself on any of that and much of it had impact on me. I’m thankful that my kids won’t have to go through all of that.
I’m venting because it dug up an old wound for me. As always, I’d love to hear some feedback.
Because if you’re an American, it’s because your dad wanted your dick to look like his and/or your parents read some bs about uncircumcised dicks being dirty (if you bathe, this is not an issue). Historically, the reason why Americans even consider circumcision is because William Keith Kellogg was a puritan and invented Corn Flakes as a way to prevent masturbation. He also promoted circumcision because if you slice skin off of a baby boy’s dick, the pain will be so great that they won’t ever want to masturbate.
yeah I don’t think it’s the masturbation curb you assume.
ahem, speaking from first hand experience…
Kellogg assumed.
indeed, didn’t study, didn’t test, he assumed.
It’s why some do it to females. I’ve never needed lube because of the extra skin and on the other side you lose sensitivity as well. I believe they can undo the damage now a days.
I can assure you that is not the case. I’m not saying this wasn’t the intent, just that it doesn’t stop people.
We know. Kellogg was an idiot, but that is the reason circumcision caught on in the US.
Fun podcast about him